WEBA Team

Our network is facilitated by a small team of Regional Ministers and Office Staff, based at ‘The Old Forge’ in Stapleton, Bristol.

Nigel Coles

Nigel is our Senior Regional Minister and Team Leader. He facilitates the life of the WEBA network team and oversees the missional strategy for the region. He also works to develop missional strategy over a wider geographical area with our partner Associations and has oversight of the Seventy-two network. Nigel is the main WEBA contact for churches and ministers seeking new leadership opportunities, and he works to encourage individual disciples of Jesus through his ‘DNA groups’ resource.

Alisdair Longwill

As a Regional Minister, Alisdair oversees the development of new missional communities, and the missional development of churches, ministers, and leadership teams. Alisdair also leads a small missional community in his own neighbourhood near Stroud.
Alisdair’s primary relationship is with churches in the Northern half of the WEBA region. He is also the WEBA contact for Safeguarding and for Home Mission Grant applications.

Gary Woodall

As a Regional Minister, Gary oversees the development of missional networks, overseeing the pastoral care of network facilitators, ministers, and churches within WEBA. Gary’s primary relationship is with churches in the Southern half of the WEBA region. Gary will be providing ‘transitional ministry’ to help initiate some new patterns of engagement with churches in particular need. He is the WEBA contact for those seeking to apply for Baptist ministerial recognition, working with our partner Associations.

Rob English

Rob is both Association Manager and Trust and Property Manager for WEBA. He works 5 days a week, mostly at our office at ‘The Old Forge’ in Stapleton, Bristol. Contact Rob with any queries about the administration of your church or its property – he will be able either to help or to point you to someone who can.

Matt Filsell

Alex Drew

Alex’s primary role is to support the work of Seventy-two; the network of regional associations working together to be a catalyst helping people find their place in the mission of God. She also gives admin support to the WEBA team and is Nigel’s personal assistant. Alex usually works mornings, except Wednesdays.

Bob Morris

Bob, who is one of the ministers at Cirencester Baptist Church, also works with WEBA as Mission Enabler for Youth, Children and Families. He has plenty of experience of reaching, discipling, and releasing young people and wants to support our churches to do the same.

Bob Morris, Mission Enabler for Youth, Children and Families

“I am passionate to see young people reached, discipled and released to serve Jesus; and to develop and envision those who seek to do the same”

Alex Drew

Seventy-two and WEBA Administrator

I’m delighted to be part of a team that seeks to enable people across our partnership network for mission on the ground; to bring Jesus into the heart of our communities.

Rob English

Association, Trust, and Property Manager

“What the Trust Company does is often described in legal terms. But the heart of what we do is missionary work. Whilst buildings are not the church, for the local community, they do represent what we do. We do have a responsibility to make sure our buildings are a physical expression of what we’re trying to do.”

Gary Woodall

Regional Minister

“The part of the job that challenges me most is ‘how do we develop networks?’
We can do life much better together than apart – together we have much greater resources, and can challenge and inspire each other. Rather than an individual church asking ‘how can we keep going’ you could have a group of churches asking ‘how can we reach this valley?’”

Nigel Coles

Senior Regional Minister

“Let’s dare face reality. Even looking at the most favourable statistics, 93% of people in the UK have no church connection…however, as I travel around WEBA I see so many signs of life and growth.”

Alisdair Longwill

Regional Minister

“We want all our churches to understand what their giving to Home Mission actually achieves. This page in the ‘info’ section is your starting point for that journey,”